diff --git a/ui/component/externalLink/view.jsx b/ui/component/externalLink/view.jsx
index 453568da5..4c4721567 100644
--- a/ui/component/externalLink/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/externalLink/view.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { isURIValid } from 'lbry-redux';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import ClaimLink from 'component/claimLink';
-import { isLBRYDomain } from 'util/url';
 
 type Props = {
   href: string,
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ class ExternalLink extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
           label={children}
           className="button--external-link"
           onClick={() => {
-            const isTrusted = isLBRYDomain(href);
-            openModal(MODALS.CONFIRM_EXTERNAL_RESOURCE, { uri: href, isTrusted: isTrusted });
+            openModal(MODALS.CONFIRM_EXTERNAL_RESOURCE, { uri: href, isTrusted: false });
           }}
         />
       );
diff --git a/ui/util/url.js b/ui/util/url.js
index 66ea82831..284da46cf 100644
--- a/ui/util/url.js
+++ b/ui/util/url.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-const LBRY_INC_DOMAINS = ['lbry.io', 'lbry.com', 'lbry.tv', 'lbry.tech', 'lbry.fund', 'spee.ch'];
-
 exports.formatLbryUrlForWeb = uri => {
   return uri.replace('lbry://', '/').replace(/#/g, ':');
 };
@@ -18,23 +16,6 @@ exports.formatFileSystemPath = path => {
   return encodeURI(`file://${webUrl}`).replace(/[?#]/g, encodeURIComponent);
 };
 
-exports.isLBRYDomain = uri => {
-  if (!uri) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const myURL = new URL(uri);
-  const hostname = myURL.hostname;
-
-  for (let domain of LBRY_INC_DOMAINS) {
-    if (hostname.endsWith(domain)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return false;
-};
-
 /*
   Function that handles page redirects
   ex: lbry://?rewards